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Veilig

"Veilig" denotes a situation that is free from danger. It’s the opposite of "gevaarlijk" ("dangerous"), or the more informal word with the same meaning "link". The corresponding noun is "veiligheid" ("safety"). As in English, you especially come across the word when people refer to traffic, travel advice to certain countries, or sex.

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The funny thing is ‘security’ and ‘zekerheid’ can be mixed up. In Belgium we refer to ‘sociale zekerheid’, whereas that would normally be certainty, not safety or security.
But German has one word for both…